Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Questioning In depth questioning is something that is a must in my classroom, especially with the inception of testing that ask students to think more deeply. My problem is that when I ask those high order thinking questions student just sit there with blank stares and no one responses. When I then ask the question in a different form I feel that I am just "dumbing" down the question and the purpose is lost. What are some things I can do to increase my questioning depth without "losing" the students? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) As I have read in other comments, I believe that increasing the vocabulary prior to implementing the lesson is crucial. I teach students with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities. When I ask higher order thinking for these students, I try to provide examples and give prompts. The idea is to get the students to think beyond what is explicit, even if you have to provide some prompting. Eventually, you will want to reduce the amount of prompting you have to provide when asking higher order thinking questions. It is important that you don't think of it as "dumbing it down," but as teaching a new skill.                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: I agree. Rated On: October 4, 2015 5:24 am Rated By: dePyja